12.05.2012

Kitchen Under Sink Organization

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If you have been reading ( I hope) , I
am craving order or maybe just craving control.
After a successful sink organization for my guest bath, I wanted to play
in a larger pool and that larger pool can in form of the under sink area in my
kitchen.

My husband and I totally gutted our kitchen about three
years ago. I guess having a working
kitchen is more motivation than a bathroom.
FYI- our master bath has been OUT OF ORDER for over a year. We have plenty of bathrooms in our house, so
we aren’t minding. After an awesome demo
job (if I don’t say so myself), we DIYed all over the kitchen. We are so happy with he final product, but I
know all the flaws because I created them.
I wont point them out because I know if is such a character flaw that I
am working on. I need to make sure I
take pictures so in our next kitchen job (cough…new house, I wish!) it won’t
happen again.

Isn’t the new kitchen beautiful?

So I approached this project is much the similar way as I
did with guest bathroom. Measuring and
researching to get it done! Having more room made it so much easier than
the bathroom.

First, I put down the shelf liner. It always looks better with that down. I didn’t have any stains to cover up like in
the bathroom, but I was doing it for
prevention this time.

Next, I needed some sort of shelf unit that would allow me
to put extra dish towels, sponges, etc.
The space that I had was 8” wide and over two feet deep. I lucked out with finding a pull out wired
unit in Bed, Bath, and Beyond for $14.99 (similar).
It was such a steal because I used a coupon and I got it for
$11.99. It was a double win because it
was the last one they had at the store.

Not wanting to waste the limited floor space, I needed something to store all the spray bottle products that would utilize the height of the
cabinet. I had seen the idea before to
use a stress rod to hang the bottles. I
made sure I bought a rod that was thick enough to hold the weight of numerous
bottles and also allow the bottle to hang from their hand pumps. I scored mine at Walmart for about $7 and it
hasn’t fallen once.

Finally, I had an extra plastic basket that goes in the
hidden flip drawer of the skin that we use to hold the wet sponges. Instead of
seeing it go to waste, I bought some command hooks and slapped that puppy right
on the side wall. I can remove it if I want and it holds the new clean sponges.

Being mostly a type A personality, control and
organization makes me so happy, for now!